Breakdown of Comme le vent est inépuisable et que cette éolienne fonctionne bien, elle produit beaucoup.
être
to be
elle
she
et
and
ce
this (before a noun)
bien
well
que
what (unstressed)
beaucoup
a lot, much
produire
to produce
le vent
the wind
fonctionner
to function
comme
since / as (giving a reason)
inépuisable
inexhaustible
l'éolienne
the wind turbine (f)
Questions & Answers about Comme le vent est inépuisable et que cette éolienne fonctionne bien, elle produit beaucoup.
Why does the sentence say et que instead of et comme?
Does the que in et que cette éolienne fonctionne bien trigger the subjunctive?
Not in this case. When que acts as a stand-in to avoid repeating a conjunction, it usually takes the same mood as the word it replaces. Because comme takes the indicative mood, fonctionne stays in the indicative. However, be careful: when que replaces si (if), it does force the following verb into the subjunctive.
Could I move the comme clause to the middle of the sentence?
No, when comme is used to mean "since" or "because" to introduce a cause, it must be placed at the very beginning of the sentence. If you wanted to restructure this sentence to say "It produces a lot since the wind is inexhaustible...", you would have to drop comme and switch the conjunction to parce que or puisque.
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